Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Bollywood Playlist #2: 90s Love Songs

A little while ago, my friend Parul (@nakhrewali) posted the following tweet on Twitter:

"I love that feeling of my-heart-could-almost-burst-of-gladness-&-if-it-did-butterflies-would-fly-out that I get with certain songs Ɛi3 <3"

Since I was in a bit of a funk tonight, I asked her to tell me what these songs were so that I could improve my mood. She did, and soon we started exchanging tweets back-and-forth about our favourite "happy" songs and discovered, oddly enough, that they were all from the 90s. Keeping that in mind, we decided to blog our favourite 90s Bollywood songs--and since Valentine's Day is so near, I'm keeping my list love-themed. I hope you all enjoy this trip down memory lane--I know I did. :)


90s Bollywood Love Songs
Click the title for YouTube link


 aur aahista; pankaj udas

aur aahista kijiye baatein
dhadkane koi sun raha hoga

speak softer,
someone may be listening to your heartbeats


ek ladki ko dekha; 1942 a love story

ek ladki ko dekha to aisa laga
jaise subah ka roop
jaise sardi ke dhoop

when i saw a girl, she seemed
like the beauty of morning,
like sunshine in the cold


ho gayi hai mohabbat; aslam & shibani

rakhdein saare jahaan ki kushiyaan 
tumhare kadmo par
dekhe na mudh kar duniya
awaaz de do agar

i will place all the world's happiness
at your feet
i will not turn back and look at the world
if you just call out to me


chand ne kuch kaha; dil toh paagal hai

pyar kar,
oh ho ho pyar kar

fall in love,
oh, fall in love


bahon ke darmiyan; khamoshi

 bahon ke darmiyan
doh pyar mil rahe hai

in the middle of an embrace
two loves are meeting


khamosh raat; thakshak

yeh sach hai
ya sapna

is this reality
or a dream?


nahin samne; taal

nahin samne yeh alag baat hai
mere paas hai tu

you're not in front of me, but still
you are near me 


 kehna hi kya; bombay

kehna hi kya yeh nain ek anjaane se jo mile
chal ne lage mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile

what should i say, my eyes met with a stranger's
and right there, a love story bloomed


do dil mil rahe hai; pardes

do dil mil rahe hai
magar chupke chupke

two hearts are meeting
in the sly


maine payal hai chankai; falguni pathak

meri saason mein tu hai basa, oh sajna
aaja na ab tarsa

you've settled in my breath, o beloved
come, don't make me wait

  

There are honestly so many more songs I want to add to this list. However, I've (rather difficultly) limited it to only ten. 90s Bollywood is, without a doubt, my favourite Bollywood period, so I'm having the best time ever YouTubing these songs--please list your favourite 90s Bollywood songs in the comments; I will probably love you forever for it. :)

P.S., Parul's LiveJournal is here, and her list should be up soon, so do take a look at it! I'm excited to read her list and rediscover all the 90s Bollywood goodness.


Thursday, February 10, 2011

Bollywood Playlist #1: Bakhuda Tumhi Ho

 I'm a big Hindi music geek, and I'm almost obsessed sometimes with finding the right song to go with the right moment. For this reason, one of my favourite things to do is create playlists to go along with my moods. I'm sharing one with you all today; hopefully there will be more in the future!


Bakhuda Tumhi Ho: A Soundtrack to Describe that Special Someone
All songs include the word 'tum' ('you') or some variation in the title.

 
 bakhuda tumhi ho; kismat konnection

tu hi ehsaason mein
tu hi jasbaaton mein
tu hi lamhaaton mein
tu hi din raaton mein

you are in each experience of mine
you are in each feeling of mine
you are in all my moments
and in my nights and days as well


tum mile (reprise); tum mile

tum mile tho lamhe tham gaye
tum mile tho saare gham gaye
tum mile tho muskuraana aa gaya

now that you're mine, these moments have frozen
now that you're mine, all my grief has disappeared
now that you're mine, i've learned how to smile



tujh mein rab; rab ne bana di jodi

tu hi tho jannat meri
tu hi mera junoon
tu hi tho mannat meri
tu hi rooh ka sukoon

you're my heaven
you're my passion
you're my prayers
you're my soul's comfort and peace



mujhe teri; paathshaala

tere bina yeh jeevan jaise soona sapna
tere bina tujh ko har pal doondhe yeh dil mera

without you, my life is like a lonely dream
without you, my heart searches for you every moment


jab mila tu; i hate luv storys

jaise ghadi ki gihra se waqt kahin pe gira ho
jaise roshni subah se ho jaaye judaa
jaise gaane aur nazam se sur ko hi chura le
waise aadha adhoora main hoon tere bina

as if time has fallen from the clock
as if light has been separated from the morning
as if melody has been taken away from a song
in the same way, i am incomplete without you



tum ho toh; rock on!!

jo tum ho toh hawa mein bhi mohabbaton ka rang hai
jo tum na ho toh phir koi na josh na umang hai

when you're there, even the wind is coloured with love
when you're not there, there is no passion or joy



tu hi haqeeqat; tum mile

tu hi haqeeqat
khwab tu
dariya tuhi
pyaas tu

you are reality
you are a dream
you are the river
and you are the thirst


bin tere (reprise); i hate luv storys

bin tere, bin tere, bin tere
koi khalish hai hawaaon mein bin tere

without you, without you, without you
there is uneasiness in the air, without you


tum se hi; jab we met

raastein mil jaati hai
manzilen mil jaati hai
tum se hi, tum se hi

roads are found
destinations are reached
only with you, only with you